Man stabbed ex's stepdad with kitchen knife as he slept, had planned to do so for months

A man in Texas has learned his fate for stabbing his ex-girlfriend's stepfather to death while the man slept — and then running away and calling 911.

Tomas Aguilar has been sentenced to 33 years in prison for the murder of 42-year-old Oscar Bedarte, Webb County court records show. He pleaded guilty last week.

The now-convicted defendant was just 18 when he entered a home on the 2200 block of Iturbide Street in Laredo on March 30, 2022. Entering through an unlocked door, Aguilar said he found a knife in the kitchen sink and stabbed Bedarte with it as the man slept, according to an affidavit reviewed by the Laredo Morning Times .

At some point, the victim woke up as he was being attacked, and Aguilar stabbed him again, per the court document. Aguilar then ran away and called the police.